Technological Trends in Improved Mobility of the Visually Impaired

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This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in mobility solutions and platforms to improve mobility of visually impaired people. The authors' goal is to help to contribute to the social and societal inclusion of the visually impaired. The book’s topics include, but are not limited to, obstacle detection systems, indoor and outdoor navigation, transportation sustainability systems, and hardware/devices to aid visually impaired people. The book has a strong focus on practical applications, tested in a real environment. Applications include city halls, municipalities, and companies that can keep up to date with recent trends in platforms, methodologies and technologies to promote urban mobility. Also discussed are broader realms including education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation. Contributors include a variety of researchers and practitioners around the world.Features practical, tested applications of technological mobility solutions for visual impaired people;Presents topics such as obstacle detection systems, urban mobility, smart home services, and ambient assisted living;Includes a number of application examples in education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Smart Cities to Improve Mobility and Quality of Life of the Visually Impaired (Drishty Sobnath, Ikram Ur Rehman, Moustafa M. Nasralla)....Pages 3-28 A Survey on Accessible Context-Aware Systems (Iyad Abu Doush, Issam Damaj, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Ra’ed M. Al-khatib, Alaa Eddin Alchalabi et al.)....Pages 29-63 Smart Systems to Improve the Mobility of People with Visual Impairment Through IoM and IoMT (Raluca Maria Aileni, George Suciu, Victor Suciu, Sever Pasca, Jean Ciurea)....Pages 65-84 Comprehensive Literature Reviews on Ground Plane Checking for the Visually Impaired (Aylwin Bing Chun Chai, Bee Theng Lau, Zheng Pan, Almon WeiYen Chai, Lil Deverell, Abdullah Al Mahmud et al.)....Pages 85-103 Technologies and Systems to Improve Mobility of Visually Impaired People: A State of the Art (Sara Paiva, Nishu Gupta)....Pages 105-123 Front Matter ....Pages 125-125 Cloud Video Guidance as “Deus ex Machina” for the Visually Impaired (Thanasis Loukopoulos, Maria Koziri, Natalia Panagou, Panos K. Papadopoulos, Dimitris K. Iakovidis)....Pages 127-143 Virtual Vision Architecture for VIP in Ubiquitous Computing (Soubraylu Sivakumar, Ratnavel Rajalakshmi, Kolla Bhanu Prakash, Baskaran Rajesh Kanna, Chinnasamy Karthikeyan)....Pages 145-179 Intelligent Vision Impaired Indoor Navigation Using Visible Light Communication (Jayakody Arachchilage Don Chaminda Anuradha Jayakody, Iain Murray, Johannes Hermann, Shashika Lokuliyana, Vandhana Dunuwila)....Pages 181-206 AmIE: An Ambient Intelligent Environment for Blind and Visually Impaired People (Marwa Kandil, Fatemah AlAttar, Reem Al-Baghdadi, Issam Damaj)....Pages 207-236 Digital Enhancement of Cultural Experience and Accessibility for the Visually Impaired (Dimitris K. Iakovidis, Dimitrios Diamantis, George Dimas, Charis Ntakolia, Evaggelos Spyrou)....Pages 237-271 Front Matter ....Pages 273-273 Toward Sustainable Domestication of Smart IoT Mobility Solutions for the Visually Impaired Persons in Africa (Abdulazeez Femi Salami, Eustace M. Dogo, Nnamdi I. Nwulu, Babu Sena Paul)....Pages 275-300 Large-Scale Interactive Environments for Mobility Training and Experience Sharing of Blind Children (Marcella Mandanici, Antonio Rodà)....Pages 301-318 HapAR: Handy Intelligent Multimodal Haptic and Audio-Based Mobile AR Navigation for the Visually Impaired (Ahmad Hoirul Basori)....Pages 319-334 A Context-Aware Voice Operated Mobile Guidance System for Visually Impaired Persons (Kavi Kumar Khedo, Kishan Yashveer Bhugul, David Young Ten)....Pages 335-354 Modelling the Creation of Verbal Indoor Route Descriptions for Visually Impaired Travellers (Johannes Tröger, Sarah Schnebelt, Jan Alexandersson)....Pages 355-377 An Aid System for Autonomous Mobility of Visually Impaired People on the Historical City Walls in Lucca, Italy (Massimiliano Donati, Fabrizio Iacopetti, Alessio Celli, Roberto Roncella, Luca Fanucci)....Pages 379-411 Back Matter ....Pages 413-424